Artemis Bendis is depicted on the krater’s principal view. She stands upright, holding a spear in her left hand. She wears a short chitoniskos richly decorated, chlamys (cloak pinned at the neck and falls down her back), ependytes (belt that ties to the body cross) and a Phrygian pilos (cap) richly decorated. She looks towards laurel wreathed Apollo who is seated on an altar. He wears himation that leaves uncovered the upper part of his body. He holds a phiale (libation bowl) in his right hand and a laurel branch in his left. Hermes stands behind Apollo. He wears a petasos (broad-brimmed hat) and a chlamys. He holds the caduceus (God Hermes symbol - thin laurel or olive rod with two small wings and two snakes that serpentine head-on) in his left hand that tends to give to a young man. The young man is depicted naked. He holds a himation with both his hands and a spear in his left.
Caption Apulian red-figured bell krater, Artemis Bendis with Apollo, Hermes and a young man
Mythic people Bendis (Goddess)
Type Clay object
Artist/Creator Bendis Painter, Apulian workshop
Origin Apulia, South Italy
Current position Musée du Louvre, France
Index number G 515
Dating 380-370 bC
Notes
Musée du Louvre G 515: Απουλικός κωδωνόσχημος κρατήρας, 380-370 π.Χ.
BAPD 10874, South Italian, Apulian, Louvre, Durand collection 2791
Για παρόμοιους απουλικούς κρατήρες του Ζ. της Βενδίδος με τη θεά βλ.
Απουλικός κωδωνόσχημος κρατήρας, 370 π.Χ., Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris 428 (LIMC France)
Απουλικός κωδωνόσχημος κρατήρας, 370-360 π.Χ., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1983.553 (MFA Boston) και Digital LIMC .
Βιβλιογραφία:
Deoudi M. 2015. Bendis in Kleinasien. Στο Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine. Vol. 2. Iconographie et contextes. 49-59.
Deoudi M. 2007. Bendis - Kulturell geprägtes Gesicht einer Thrakischen Göttin. Στα Πρακτικά του 10ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Θρακολογίας, Κομοτηνή-Αλεξανδρούπολη 18-23 Οκτωβρίου 2005. 120-129.
Deoudi M. 2009. Bendis' neue Heimat in der Fremde. Ancient West & East 8. 223-233.
Related
Myths